Activity Sheet: MS Excel 2010 Basics

Activity #1

1. Name the Tabs in the Ribbon.

2. Name a button located on the Insert tab.

3. Name a function located in the Alignment group on the Home tab.

4. Features are actioned in two ways in Excel: by clicking on their button or by clicking on the
Command Group.

True or False

5. There are two ways to print a document in Excel. What are they?

Activity #2
1. Open a new workbook in Excel and save it as “Office Expenses” to the desktop.
2. Enter all the data from the picture below in the first worksheet.

3. Merge and center the worksheet title “Expense Log” in cells A1 through D1.

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Activity #3
1. Change the word in cell B7 from Snack to Snacks and save the change.
2. Replace the Item in cell B5 with Coffee.
3. Replace the Category in cell C4 with Food.
4. Replace the Amount in cell D4 with 2.5.

Activity #4
1. Adjust the width of column A.
2. Insert a blank row between Rows 2 and 3.
3. Insert a blank column between columns B and C.
4. Delete the blank column between columns B and C.

Activity #5
1. Move the text from cell C8 to cell A3.
2. Copy and paste the data from cell D5 into cell B3.
3. Remove the data from cells A3 and B3.
4. Copy and paste your data on Sheet 1 into Sheet 2 (Note: Do not worry about formatting).

Activity #6
1. Change your title’s font to Segoe UI and make it bold; change the font color to blue.
2. Center Align rows A through D.
3. Make the background blue and the font white in cells A4 through D4.
4. Place gridlines around the cells in the Date, Item, Category, and Amount columns.
5. Add dollar signs to the data in cells D5 through D11.

Courtesy of Gail Borden Public Library and the Public Library Association 10/15